Case: Economic Partnership AgreementsEconomic Partnership Agreements • February 12th, 2021
Contract Type FiledFebruary 12th, 2021The central objective of the Cotonou agreement, which was signed in 2000, and still is the legal basis for trade arrangements between the EU and its ACP partners, is poverty reduction. In the course to attaining this goal, emphasis was placed on three themes: gender equality, environmental sustainability and institutional development and capacity building [1][2]